This is just the latest revelation in the stealth inflation and food fraud theme I have written about frequently in recent months. The non-profit group Oceana took samples of 1,215 fish sold in the U.S. and genetic tests found that that 59% of those labeled tuna were mislabeled.

It seems that white tuna should be avoided in particular as 84% of fish samples labeled 'white tuna' were actually escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage.

Oh and if you live in my hometown of New York City, you should pay particular attention:

Big Apple has big problem with seafood fraud: 94 percent of tuna and more than three quarters of sushi samples in New York City mislabeled.

Of the 142 fish samples collected in New York, 39 percent were mislabeled. New York City led the nation with the highest occurrence of mislabeled salmon as well as the highest amount of fraud among salmon collected from grocery stores and restaurants.

If nothing else, this thread has given me the name of a new punk rock band.

It also reminds me of a restaurant experience when I was a kid. I ordered red snapper, but got some random fish. When I complained that it wasn’t snapper, the waiter said, “It may seem different because most places serve it in the shell.” I may have been 9, but I knew it wasn’t red snapper and that fish of any sort was never served “in the shell.”

Notable supporters

Actors Ted_Danson"Ted Danson and Sam Waterston are both on Oceanas board of directors, but a variety of notable celebrities are supporters of the organization. Mad Men actress January Jones is the face of Oceana's "Scared for Sharks" campaign, and Private Practice star Kate Walsh filmed a PSA about sea turtles for Oceana. In 2010, Entourage actor Adrian Grenier swam with Atlantic bluefin tuna and filmed a PSA about the endangered fish. 'Glee' actress Jenna Ushkowitz has also worked closely with Oceana. On her birthday in 2011, she asked for donations to be made towards the organization instead of birthday gifts. Most recently, she teamed up with Closets for Causes and donated several pieces from her personal closet to raise money for the organization

In addition, U.S. swimmer Aaron Peirsol has led an open-water swim event for Oceana since 2007 called The Race For the Oceans. Other Oceana supporters include Ben Harper, Morgan Freeman, and End of the Line author Charles Clover.

Board of directors

Ted Danson founded the American Oceans Campaign in 1987.

Dr. Kristian Parker, Chair, Oak Philanthropy Limited

James Sandler, Vice Chair, Sandler Foundation

Simon Sidamon-Eristoff, Secretary, Kalbian Hagerty LLP

Valarie L. Whiting, Treasurer, Ocean Advocate

Keith Addis, President, Industry Entertainment Partners

Herbert M. Bedolfe, III, Marisla Foundation

Ricardo Cisneros, Cisneros Corporation

Ted Danson, Actor/Activist

Sydney Davis, Designer/Activist

César Gaviria, The Otun Group

María Eugenia Girón, Business Leader

Stephen P. McAllister, Cherrywood Development LLC

Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Daniel Pauly, The University of British Columbia

Susan Rockefeller, Documentary Filmmaker

Heather Stevens, Waterloo Foundation

Rogier van Vliet, Adessium Foundation

Sam Waterston, Actor/Activist

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posted on 03/03/2013 1:36:32 AM PST
by higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)

I just picked up 100 cans of “solid white tuna”, labeled with a real brand name and at an excellent price. In case of an emergency, it’s nice to have plenty of protein with a long shelf life. Unfortunately, I’m not so sure about oily anal leakage as an emergency plan.

I’ve had that before when I was still living stateside. You’re right.....it is the best tuna you can buy. Good stuff.

Here in the Czech Republic, well......it’s OK. There’s a store brand from Kaufland, one of the major retailers here, and it’s good. Not as good as Kirkland, but good. Better than Chicken of the Sea, actually.

There’s a store brand from Billa, another retailer here, that’s comparable to Kirkland, but the nearest Billa is all the way downtown, and I don’t always feel like going downtown. Unless I’m in the mood for Chinese; a couple of really good Chinese joints downtown.

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posted on 03/03/2013 2:47:14 AM PST
by AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)

Dolphin free tuna? Subscribers can hear the “classic” ad
“The Tuna doesn’t taste as good as it used to. Weemsco Tuna is chock full of dolphins as all the other tuna companies have quit using them leaving more for us. Weemsco tuna has that delicious flavor you grew up with. Remember, Weemsco Tuna for the great dolphin flavor you are used to!”

This just follows the trend that, because of the Republican sequester that obama couldn’t stop, 125% of all horse meat is labeled incorrectly. Also, due to the sequester, there will not be enough janitors available to clean up the oily anal leakage in our schools.

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posted on 03/03/2013 4:50:05 AM PST
by Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)

When I was a lad I participated in a bit of fraud. I learned from the other wharf rats how to make some money with the skates and sting rays the tourist fishermen sometimes brought back from their charter fishing trips. With a sharpened piece of half inch pipe we cut scallops out of the rays and skates and sold them in pint jars to the restaurants.

As an adult out to dinner with my brother-in-law I was treated to his most favorite seafood, scallops. At first sight i suspected and at first taste I knew that it was something like skate. Shark and its relatives are a bit bitter and I find that many who suppose themselves connoisseurs of scallops think that bitter is the proper taste and would reject the real thing.

Unfortunately this falls under the umbrella of “even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while”. Fraud in the seafood industry has been reported for years and from reliable sources. Did you know there’s no such fish as Chillean Seabass? Anyway when buying fish it’s definately buyer beware.

I was trying to think of the name of that stuff. I ate a big bag of fat free potato chips while traveling several years ago, and had the scours for 2 days, I think olestra in those chips is what did it.

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posted on 03/03/2013 5:04:48 AM PST
by Quickgun
(I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)

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